Another mealy-mouthed cop-out over North Korea

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Mealy-mouthed diplomatic cop-outs are nothing new in the United Nations but,
even by the standards of the Security Council, the “condemnation” at the
weekend of North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean naval ship was
astonishingly feeble. The whole story of the ill-fated Cheonan, which
sank with the loss of 46 lives, is an illustration of how stuck the world is
over what to do about North Korea.

When the ship went down, one night in late March, the first reaction was one
of appalled shock. Rather than leaping to hasty conclusions, South Korea’
President, Lee Myung Bak,